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Chris gets theatrical with Kenneth Branagh and talks manly maladies and malfunctions with Dr Michael Mosley.

Chris gets theatrical with Sir Kenneth Branagh ahead of the cinema release of his super Shakespearean production of 'The Winters Tale' and talks manly maladies and malfunctions with Dr Michael Mosley.

Today's show is dedicated to anyone who's a hider as opposed to a tidier...
Today's show is entitled: "Sometimes it's good to put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care!".

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

  • James Taylor

    Stretch Of The Highway

    • Before This World.
    • Concord Music Group.
    • 4.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Fortunate Son

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Raspberry Beret

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Jumpin' Jack Flash

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.

  • The Corrs

    Bring On The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Queen

    I Want To Break Free

    • The Works.
    • EMI.

  • Jake Bugg

    Lightning Bolt

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Frank Sinatra

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Toto

    Rosanna

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Don't See Them

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Billy Ocean

    Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • Ones On 1 (Radio 1 21st Birthday Albu.
    • Â鶹ԼÅÄ.

  • Tom Odell

    Grow Old With Me

    • Long Way Down.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Elton John

    Looking Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 001.

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • The Motors

    Airport

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • One Direction

    Perfect

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.

  • P!nk

    Just Give Me A Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)

    • The Truth About Love.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rabbi Pete Tobias of the Liberal Synagogue, Elstree:

Please excuse me if I seem a little overexcited this morning, Chris. But yesterday I completed the purchase of a new house, which feels great, but also a little daunting. Without wishing to go into the details, when I eventually move in to this house, it’ll be the sixth place I’ve lived in in the last two and a half years.

I said eventually, because there’s a lot of work that needs to be done before this one is ready to live in. A couple of days ago I was talking to the builder who’s going to be working there, trying to arrange a time to meet. He was keen on 9.15 this morning. I explained I had a prior appointment with a man named Evans.

Once the building work is all done, it will be time to attach a ³¾â€¼ì³Ü³ú²¹³ó. This is a small piece of parchment with Hebrew writing that is enclosed in a protective, often decorative, case that’s fixed about three quarters of the way up the doorpost. Some theories suggest this might be a relic of an ancient practice thousands of years ago when people living in the Ancient Near East used to affix stone models of demonic faces to their doorposts to ward off evil spirits.

That’s not the modern purpose, of course. The biblical text inside the little case attached to the doorpost of a Jewish house is a reminder to keep God’s teachings in our minds at all times, even – or perhaps especially – in our homes. Another biblical verse that comes to mind on this occasion tells me that ‘Unless God builds the house, the builders labour in vain.’

I don’t think God’s presence in a house can be achieved by nailing some biblical verses to the doorpost, or by having extensive building works done. I think that God is only present in a house when the people who live in them strive to turn them into homes by offering care and support to all those who pass through its door.

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  • Wed 25 Nov 2015 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2

After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.

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